Comments on: 7 Quick Takes Friday (vol. 55)

By: Critterknit

Critterknit — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:42:30 +0000

To all these folks who have hard-to-fit feet, I can't say enough good things about Brucette's in Houston. So, if you ever make it to Houston, this is a destination. I have a size 7 foot….but it's 4A width! This is literally the only store at which I can buy anything that isn't a tennis shoe (at least, assuming I want to try it on first). This store caters specifically to all of us who normal shoe stores don't. Copied from their website: "We Carry Sizes 3-14 and Widths 4A – WW". I know I usually have several options for just about any shoe type there. And, they're great about modifying shoes slightly – as in, stretching in certain places, adding padding in the right places, etc, so your shoes actually fit YOU well. Things you don't get from a department-store shoe section! They can be expensive (prices vary from reasonable to "what is it made of, gold?"), but even the lower-end shoes (the ones I buy) are the "good shoes" that you can re-heel and re-sole and make them last practically forever. I've had one of their pairs for, um, 8 years or so now, and they're about due for the 2nd or 3rd re-heel, and they've been re-soled once too. Just another option if you live or travel in this area!

By: elizabethe

elizabethe — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:05:58 +0000

I feel your pain with shoe shopping. My feet expanded out during pregnancy so now I wear either a 9 W or an 8.5 WW depending on the shoe style and brand. Plus I have a bunion so I can't wear shoes with over an inch heel or too narrow/pointed of a toe.

For weird feet sizes you must shop at Zappos especially if you have small children who don't find shoe shopping fun. YOU MUST! They have frankly been a life saver (or foot saver maybe) since I got my bunion and bigger feet. Free shipping and free return shipping means you can try shoes on in the comfort of your own home and with all the outfits you want them to go with and you can wear them (on the carpet) for longer than 5 minutes to make sure they really are comfortable enough.

Plus you can search by size.

No I don't work there, just love them. Also theres a website called Designer Shoes that caters to large shoe sizes, but as far as I can tell they don't have as good a shipping policy as Zappos does. Good luck finding shoes!

By: Rock Star Ma

Rock Star Ma — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:34:42 +0000

I'm a size 10 and I totally know what you meant about shoe shopping! I was cracking up.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:20:52 +0000

I wear an 11, and my feet have gotten wider as pregnancies have happened, so I feel your pain about cute shoes. I do thank God every day for letting me stay in an 11.

I saw Genna speak at the Dallas Catholic Pro-Life dinner. AMAZING!!!! A-mazing.

By: Christy

Christy — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:56:35 +0000

I linked up for the first time – what a great way to "see" into others lives. I really enjoyed reading everyone's lists.
Way to go hubby!!!! I am sure that man was very thankful he showed up and STAYED!

By: Jennifer @ Conversion Diary

Jennifer @ Conversion Diary — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:52:35 +0000

Fellow women with hard-to-fit feet: Welcome to my blog, my sisters. It is SO GOOD to hear from other women who do not enjoy shoe shopping.

Lisa V – Yaya is my crazy mother-in-law (I say "crazy" in a good way).

By: Lisa V.

Lisa V. — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:37:52 +0000

Help! I still don't know who/what is Yaya. I've been following this blog for a few months now. What am I missing?!! I tried to follow the yaya category and fell flat. I feel really dumb, so pretty please, tell me who is yaya.

Lisa V.
Washington, NJ

By: Christian H

Christian H — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:23:26 +0000

There are no shoes that fit my feet. It's not that my feet are all that large. They ought to just be 10 or 11 men's. It's that my feet are so wide. (Actually, everyone else just as freakishly narrow feet.) Either I have shoes that go way out in front of my toes, or I have shoes that are too tight around the ball of my foot. Or, just as often, they're tight around the ball and they are too long.

And I must agree with the first Anonymous poster. A good essay will have layers. Like cake. And onions. And ogres. (Sorry.)

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:33:18 +0000

That's quite an insightful comparison you made between writing a book and a religious conversion. Everything is multi-layered; it takes a true artist to make it all work.

I'm enjoying my visits here; there is something totally appealing in your honesty that begs one to listen.

Grace and Peace--

By: Susan M

Susan M — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:18:29 +0000

OK Jen, you have to ere this. After reading your post the other day I had a nightmare that there was a scorpion in my bid. In the dream I got enough of a look at it to think, "Well, at least it isn't as big as the one Jen saw."